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Somatic effort

Somatic effort refers to the total investments of an organism in its own development, differentiation, and maintenance which consequently increases its reproductive potential.

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Somatic effort refers to the total investments of an organism in its own development, differentiation, and maintenance which consequently increases its reproductive potential.1

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  1. Page 293, Evolution and Literary Theory, By Joseph Carroll, University of Missouri Press, 1995